Apple is trying to sell in more countries than just the US, Canada and the Western European nations. Certainly having an AM radio tuner would be even more compe

Apple is trying to sell in more countries than just the US, Canada and the Western European nations. Certainly having an AM radio tuner would be even more compelling, but if you’re trying to appeal in a market you’ve mostly priced yourself out of, lacking features considered standard to that market isn’t a great starting point. I’m not saying it isn’t an acceptable loss, but it doesn’t look great when you’re removing additional features on top of the ones you just never had. Or to put it another way, just because you and I don’t care about something in our corner of the world doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole world out there that Apple is, theoretically at least, trying to sell phones to.